Wine Festival at Marlborough

This February 2010, come to the South Island let yourself experience one the finest Wine Festival in a very qualified region – Marlborough.

Start a quick plan for your visit, the Marlborough Wine Festival will happen on Saturday February 13. For those with ample time dedicated for this event get a quick quote for a motorhome New Zealand. With such scenery in Marlborough you can have more of traveling with motorhomes than regular automobiles. This is also a perfect time to travel for romance, sample quality wines of Malborough and get one for the Valentine’s.

Titirangi Bay Wilderness Camping South Island New Zealand

Marlborough is internationally known for its Sauvignon blanc wine and closely followed by Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. While such region is also renowned for its burgeoning gourmet food industry. Aside from Food and Wine features, it has caught adoration for swimming in general and swimming with the dolphins, boat cruising, walk tours, and pure scenery.

World Buskers Festival in Christchurch

World Buskers Festival will be undulating the town of Christchurch this January 21 until the end of the month. It began seventeen years ago and it still lingers as one of the best festivals in New Zealand, not only attended by locals alike, but by tourist from different countries as well. With those years of celebration, it has made a statement of its own in Australasia gathering around 25,000 – 30,000 of visitors not in the sum of the festival, but an average of the festival’s attendants PER day. That’s what i call – HUGE.

Why not join in the crowd after all Christchurch is one of New Zealand’s top destination. Explore the festival and features of Christchurch through motorhome New Zealand, a great idea if you want to bridge “travel” and “explore”. This year’s World Buskers Festival promises non stop fun and entertainment. You gotta see the street performances,  some people fly the distance just to see it. They often say – Amazing live shows.

Organic River Festival, North Island

Haven’t had an awesome experience in New Zealand yet? Its not yet too late to get a pitch of New Zealand’s summer. Coming up this January 29 at Levin in the North Island is a big eco festival event called the Organic River Festival, an upbeat and vibrant celebration of life, music, food and creativity. What to expect? Get a stack of total fun, entertainment, and education in 3 days, just a great way be bonded with friends or the whole family. The way to Levin can be accessed by buses or travel through a campervan hire New Zealand. Get camping passes and tune in with the rest of the many who also come to enjoy the activity.

Kimberley Reserve is the host to this event, located south of Levin, if you wanted a maximum experience check out the free workshops on natural remedies and self-sufficiency, get involve with yoga and meditation classes, and get your kids stuff into jam-packed entertainment programme. Live bands from near and far are coming to rock the event, people small and big vibe gather in a crowd and just dance freely with the beat. Camping for 3 days is the best way to really enjoy this especially for the whole family and travelers hangin’ out as a group. Last year the camping sites were full and this year the cost of the campsite include all of the festival’s concerts, workshops, kidzone and entertainment day and night.

Lights-filled Festival

Celebrate the summer season in New Zealand this December, join the crowd as the lights sparkle in their eyes with the TSB Bank Festival of Lights happening at Pukekura Park in New Plymouth. The area of New Plymouth bounded in Taranaki region boasts pretty coastlines and unwinding parks. If you are cogitating on a trip to New Zealand come on here to the West coast of New Zealand and experience the festivity of lights, now the longest running and most successful festival and arts event in Taranaki.

Think about roadtripping with your camper rental New Zealand to Taranaki region either taking it from Auckland or Wellington. Nightly entertainment will begin on Saturday 26 December 2009 through to Sunday 31 January 2010. Know more information about TSB Bank Festival of Lights you may win prices.

This festival happens each year pulling about 150,000 of visitors during the period, areas of New Plymouth’s Pukekura Park are transformed into a magical land which popularly refer to as the wonderland, some place filled with sparks and glows of more than 1,000 lights and 5km of cable create a night-time illuminated destination. Certain structures like the Pukekura park’s water wheel, fountains and the historic band rotunda are generously designed with lights. Best scene is reflected when the moon is up, bushes, trees, fountains, and everywhere has different shades. Overall the park is flashing.

Early Christmas in Cambridge

North Island has something for its residents and visitors this early Christmas, come on hire a Campervan New Zealand with your traveling buddies or your family. Visit Cambridge, New Zealand while they celebrate “Cambridge Christmas Festival 2009” this December 5th to 19th. Just the right event to count the 100th year of the Cambridge Town Hall.

Cambridge is a lovely town in Waikato and popularly distinguished as the “The Town of Trees”. There are more reasons to visit Cambridge. Shops will be open to sell gifts and decorations, homemade jams and chutneys. Walk the heritage and boutique trails and discover the a range of shops many set within heritage buildings. Refreshments are available everywhere in Cambridge, check out how the decorated Town Hall turn into a host to this event. Hire a motorhome from Auckland, this will need a comfortable two hours of road tripping to Hamilton and find your way to Cambridge. You can also take a short drive to Lake Karapiro to maximize your vacation in Cambridge. Visit Cambridge Christmas Festival.

To maximize your roadtrip to Cambridge take a 6 kilometer south of Cambridge to Lake Karapiro, an international class venue for water sports and recreation. Or hit your way to Maungatautari, a mountain sanctuary for native wildlife just about 15 minutes drive from Cambridge.

Night out for wine and food lovers

Hapening 6-8pm Tuesday 20 October, Wellington be there and be among the first to sample new release and award-winning wines from the Wairarapa sub-regions of Martinborough, Gladstone and Masterton, and discover how various foods accentuate different flavours in the wine.

Wines from the region are small in size but huge in style. Distinctively boutique, they achieve international acclaim for intensity of flavour. It is the genuine cool climate that creates this food friendly style.

Want to stay longer and see more of Wellington? Then move around through Campers New Zealand. Join “A dream night out for wine and food lovers” for an opportunity to taste a fine collection of wines from 30 of the regions wineries – including gems from artisan vineyards that are not widely available. See you at the Atrium, Chaffers Dock Building, 1 Herd St, Wellington. Want to know more? Visit A dream night out for wine and food lovers.

The Dunedin Rhododendron Festival

Dunedin, with great pleasure, welcomes garden and Rhododendron lovers to the city during Rhododendron Festival 2007 to view the spectacular displays of Rhododendrons in private and public gardens.

Diverse microclimates abound in Dunedin’s temperate coastal setting providing a variety of environments for Rhododendrons and plants from around the world.

The week-long Dunedin Rhododendron Festival offers more than 50 events, including wine and food tastings in the Larnach Castle gardens, art in Glenfalloch gardens, garden tours and demonstrations. Dunedin has an ideal climate for rhododendrons and azaleas which thrive in private gardens, as well as three gardens of ‘national significance’.

More info about this? Visit Dunedin Rhododendron Festival. Or contact tel: (03) 477 1092 and or e-mail to info@rhododunedin.co.nz

Planning on a campervan holiday in Dunedin? Choose your vehicle from a comprehensive motorhome new zealand guide. Also visit quality campgrounds for your Dunedin vacation.

Wildfoods Festival

The Wildfoods Festival is a celebration of the West Coast’s unique lifestyle, food and hospitality and takes place at Cass Square, a focal point in the centre of Hokitika. Every year an extravaganza of gourmet bushtucker, based on the West Coast’s natural food sources, from the land and sea, is presented in an innovative manner!…..Read more about this travel buzz @ Campervan hire New Zealand

What’s up this March on the Travel Buzz

Melbourne’s Food and Wine Festival
200 events over 17 days: The festival showcases Melbourne’s iconic food & wine scene. Delivering a giddying feast for the senses at over 200 events across 17 delicious days, the 2009. Melbourne Food and Wine Festival presented by The Age will take place from 7 – 23 March 2009……Campervan hire Australia

Golden Shears
You can’t talk about New Zealand without mentioning sheep, and this event is where every single sheep and anything related to it get together for a competition where speed and efficiency are of importance. Bring your shears and a warm woolly jumper. The Golden Shears 2008 Premier Sheering and Wool handling Championship will hit New Zealand during the 28th, 29th and 1st of March….. Campervan hire New Zealand

Golden Shears

You can’t talk about New Zealand without mentioning sheep, and this event is where every single sheep and anything related to it get together for a competition where speed and efficiency are of importance. Bring your shears and a warm woolly jumper. The Golden Shears 2008 Premier Sheering and Wool handling Championship will hit New Zealand during the 28th, 29th and 1st of March…..Find out more at Campervan hire New Zealand